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Capture frames in WebM videos using FVI A little info about webM, WebM is an open media file format designed for the web. Its files consist of video streams compressed with the VP8 video codec and audio streams compressed with the Vorbis audio codec. The file structure is based on the Matroska media container. more info Ok, so now you have downloaded, or had a WebM video that you want to put up in a site, and you want to make thumbnails for it to post in your blog, social site etc. And, you probably have already installed the...

The WebM project is dedicated in developing a high-quality, open video format for the web that is freely available to everyone. WebM is supported by Mozilla, Opera, Adobe, Google and more than seventy other publishers and software and hardware vendors. It is a format that is backed up by the majority of browser developers. Fast video indexer is the leading professional software to capture images from video files. The Fast Video Indexer video frame capture program that use the same video playback system as Windows media player. Windows media player uses a system called DirectShow to play video and...

Without any doubt the single most common problem people have today with Fast video indexer are codec related crashes. Lets start with the technical bit and and the end of the text I will give you a practical tip on how you can solve your codec issues the easy way. Windows has a really awesome, but at the same time, very complicated system for programming videos applications, called direct show. There are other alternative programming interfaces but if you want the best of features and speed you need to go the direct show way. That is what Fast video...